ALOPECIA TRIANGULARIS CONGENITALIS
- 1 December 1941
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology
- Vol. 44 (6) , 1106-1107
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1941.01500060127015
Abstract
Under the title of alopecia triangularis congenitalis Sabouraud1described a type of congenital alopecia occurring on the temples. It is characterized by a unilateral or bilateral patch of complete alopecia of triangular form. Its base is directed toward the forehead, and its longest diameter is 1 to 1½ inches (2.5 to 4 cm.) long. No treatment is of avail. The condition is extremely rare. Sabouraud saw it only 5 or 6 times. Galewsky2observed 1 case, in which it was bilateral. No other case has ever been reported. In English literature the only reference to this condition was made by McCarthy.3 Sabouraud stated that this anomaly should be known so that it will not be mistaken for alopecia areata and treated unnecessarily. REPORT OF CASE J. D., a white man aged 37, a boxer, was admitted in the dermatologic wards of Bellevue Hospital on March 12, 1938Keywords
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